expat life in dubai

Exactly 2 months ago from today, I arrived in the US for a holiday – an extended one as you may notice. I can’t say that I am going thru a culture shock but after spending 7 years in the glamorous city of Dubai, it did kind of ruin me in some ways. I am missing a lot of things that are considered normal in Dubai but totally unnecessary to the rest of the world. Yep, the rich city of Dubai spoiled us big

1. You breathe a sigh of relief when it’s 30 C outside and tell yourself “winter is coming at last…”
2. You know what choitram, debelchoir and al maya have in common – they sell pork.
3. You have a stock of all kinds of alcoholic drinks which you asked your friend to buy in duty free, because you can’t find a 7-11 here which sells those “harram” things.
4. You know wh